BACC Exhibition: Hear Here Exhibition
Sound Activities: Sound Talk
Visual Music: Perspectives in Audio-Vision Part II
Guest Lecturer : Jean-David Caillouët
2 February 2013, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
4th Floor / Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
 
 Visual Music: Perspectives in Audio-Vision Part II
 ‘Since ancient times artists have longed to create with moving lights a music for the eye
comparable to the effects of sound for the ear.’
Dr. William Morritz
 
In the second part of this exploration of the unique relationship between sound and the moving
image, Dr. Jean-David Caillouët will investigate the subjectively evocative realm of abstract cinema.
From the pioneering experiments of the father of visual music ‘Oskar Fischinger’ to the innovative
and groundbreaking works of Norman McLaren, John and James Whitney, Jordan Belson and Stan
Brackhage among others, the rich history of this ongoing exploration of auditory-visual interactions
will provide a starting point for a discussion over the role of sound in experimental film.

About Artist/Lecturer BIOGRAPHY
Jean-David Caillouët
An eclectic sound and visual artist, Jean-David Caillouët mixing the old with the new, his work and sound experience are extensive and often combine together various disciplines such as film, music (acoustic & electronic), choreography and poetry in a live performance context. 
As an instrumentalist and producer, he has collaborated with artists as varied as the composers Kimho Ip from Hong Kong and Anothai Nitibhon from Thailand, Cape Coast based musician Kwesi Quayson, BBC World Music Awards winners’ ‘Ojos De Brujos’ from Spain, the acclaimed Scottish Indie band Aberfeldy and the Celtic singer Heather MacLeod. He has performed internationally, playing in diverse festivals as well as in London’s Royal Opera House and the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Other than his performing works, he also has produced soundtracks for films, animations, theatre and dance. His sound installation projects have been exposed in places as varied as the historical caves of Kents Cavern in the UK or the Angkor Temples in Cambodia. His recent project ‘Rivers in Flux’ commissioned by the Goethe Institute has travelled all over South East Asia. After studies at Brussels Royal Conservatoire and Dartington College Of Arts in Devon in 2000, and completed a PhD in musical composition at Edinburgh University in 2005. Currently, he is currently a lecturer in Sound Design, Film and Composition at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.


** Free Entry
 
The lecture is organized by BACC Exhibition Dept.
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Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
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